Manhood and Honour

Cassio says Repuatation…..

"Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation!

Shows how central public reputation is to male identity/worth in this world and that when removed they are worthless and below others

Othello says Rude ……

Rude am I in my speech

Othello is telling the Senate that he's a plain-spoken soldier, not a smooth, polished talker, since he's spent his life at war rather than in courtly society. It's ironic because he says this in beautifully persuasive language — showing he's actually a skilled speaker, which is part of what makes his later collapse into broken, fragmented speech so striking by contrast.

Othello says Then….

"then must you speak Of one that loved not wisely but too well"

This quote reveals how Othello’s identity as a man is inseparable from honor, showing that his excessive love and misguided judgement stem from the patriarchal pressure to control his wife’s fidelity and preserve masculine reputation.

othelllo says…. one whose

"one whose hand, Like the base Judean, threw a pearl away Richer than all his tribe

Othello compares himself to a biblical traitor — recognition of catastrophic loss of honour Othello acknowledges the catastrophic collapse of his masculine honour, recognising that his own moral blindness — not Desdemona’s imagined infidelity — has destroyed the most valuable part of his identity.

good …..

"good name in man and woman [...] is the immediate jewel of their souls"